I've given the album a few listen through's now. I can agree with most of the reviews to a point. FTP keeps you interested with nice electronic riffs and a new creative sound. I really like their sound in general. I will be one of those fans that's always searching for more content similar to their first big album. I know bands stereo-typically have to chose to write from their heart (the honorable approach) or to sell out by trying to create popular music, and I believe FTP has made it clear that they will not "sell out". They have been a pretty successful band without having to do that (to their credit, of course). I don't intend to support one ideology over the other. They are obviously free to do what makes them happy, and that's great. But I like a catchy tune as much as the next person, and this album is just okay to me. Torches is one of my all time favorite albums front to back. Supermodel was ok, but I haven't even played it 1/10th as much as Torches.



So for the tracks... The good: I feel like the album starts off pretty strong "Doing it for the Money", "Sit Next to Me", and "SHC" then falls off at ... The bad: "I love my friends" which sounds like it was written for a 90s boy band. I'm surprised it made the album cut. The rest of the album doesn't get me excited, but it's alright. I'm not sure if we have any radio singles here, which is good or bad depending on how you want to look at it. I think a good sweet spot is when you love a song so much yet it doesn't get radio airtime and you wonder what the rest of the world isn't hearing :D



Anyhow, I'm still excited for their upcoming tour and I have tickets to see them in September, so I'm sure that will only improve my interest in the album. Get it. Support their music. Enjoy!